Holder for fruit-wrapping papers.



No. 763,045. PATENTED JUNE 21, 1904.

K. COOPER. HOLDER FOR FRUIT WRAPPING PAPERS. APPLIOATION'IILED JAN. 9.1904. no 110mm. 7

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PATENT OEEIcE.

HOLDER FQRJFRUIT- WRA PING. PAPERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 763,045, dated June 21,1904.

Application filed January 9, 1904.

To (1 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KENTON COOPER, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at East Highlands, in the county of San Bernardino, State ofCalifornia, have invented and discovered a new and useful Improvement inHolders for Fruit-WVrapping Papers; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in holders for fruit-wrappingpapers; and the objects of my improvement are to provide a holderadapted to be secured to a box employed for retaining thereinwrapping-papers used for inclosing oranges, lemons, and other fruits,the said box resting upon a fruit-box while being packed with fruit orin close proximity thereto, reference being made to the accompanyingdrawings and to referencenumerals, marked thereon; and the inventionconsists, essentially, in the construction, combination,and arrangementof the several parts, as will hereinafter be fully described in thespecification, shown upon the drawings appended hereto, and specificallypointed out in the claims made a part hereof. I attain these objects bythe construction and arrangement of the several parts illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectionalview taken on the line a a of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a top plan view showingthe holder, the box for retaining the wrapping papers, the fruitpackingbox, and a portion ofthe bin of the fruit-grader. Fig. 3 is a verticalsectional view taken on the line b I) of Fig.4, illustrating the wholeof the elastic'band for reciprocating the presser of the holder inoperative position. Fig. 4c is a front plan view of myimprovement,showing a portion of the elastic band for operating thepresser of the holder broken away. Fig. 5 shows views in detail of partsof my improved holder, and. Fig. 6 is a view in elevation of a modifiedform of my improvement.

Similar reference numerals indicate like Serial No. 188,398. (No model.)

parts throughout the different views of the drawings.

The reference-numeral 1 denotes the body portion of the holder, and 2 2refer to the horizontal perforations extending through the body portion1, in which thumb-screws 3 3 are inserted and by means of which the saidbody portion'l of the holder is secured to the end of the box 5, whichis held upon the fruit- I boxes by the cleat 4, where the papers 6 6 forwrapping the fruit are placed and held evenly in package form ready tobe applied to the fruit taken from the bin 7 and packed into the boxes 88 for shipment.

The presser 9 is preferably made of a stout piece of wire bent uponitself, forming a finger-loop 11 and comprising two legs and 12, lyingin the same plane with eaoh'other. The leg 10 is adapted to bereciprocate'd in the vertical perforation 14 in the body portion 1 ofthe holder when desirable, as will hereinafter-be referred to. The lowerend of the leg 10 is externally screw-threaded at 15 to receive theinternal screwthreads16 in the upper end of the hollow presser-foot 17.

In the lower end of the presser-foot 17 I insert a cylindrical piece ofrubber 18 or other elastic material centrally perforated at 19, throughwhich I secure the pointed needle 20, the point 21 of the needleprojecting downwardly in line with the leg 10 when the holder is inoperative position.

The downward and outward extremity of the hollow presser-foot 17 isinturned at 22 to prevent the end of the leg 10 when the hollowpresser-foot 17 is screwed home thereupon from causing the cylindricalpiece of rubber 18, carrying centrally therein the needle 20, fromprotruding beyond the end of the presserfoot 17. r V g c To the frontface near the upper edge of the body portion 1 of the holder I securethe keeper 25, and between the said keeper 25 and the front face of thebody portion 1 the doubled elastic band 26 is retained, the upper end ofsaid elastic band being secured, by means of the S-shaped link 27, inthe lower part of the finger-loop 11 near the point wherev thehorizontal portion 13 of the leg 10 contacts with the leg 12, while theopposite end of the said elastic band passes between the keeper 28 andthe front face of the body portion lof the holder.

A stirrup 29, having hooks 3O 30, are secured upon theinwardly-extending ends of the keeper 25 near the face of the bodyportion 1 of the holder, and to the lower portion 31 of the stirrup 29one end of the elastic I band 26 is fastened, and to the S-shaped link27 the opposite end of the said band 26 is secured, which bandconstantly tends to draw the presser 9 downwardly and to hold thehorizontal portion 13 of the leg 10 in contact with the upper edge ofthe holder.

The point 21 of the needle 20, by means of the elastic band 26, isforced into and through a few of the wrapping-papers 6 6 upon the top ofthe package and retains all the papers in an even pile until ready foruse by the person packing the fruit.

In place of the flat rubber band 26 (shown upon Figs. 1,2, 3, and 4 ofthe drawings) I may employ the coil-spring 35. (Shown upon Fig. 6 of thedrawings.)

It will readily appear from the foregoing description, when read inconnection with'the drawings hereto appended and made a part of thespecification and claims, what is the operation of my invention, andfurther description of the manner of operating the same is deemedunnecessary.

It is obvious that many variations and changes in the details ofconstruction and arrangement of my invention would readily suggestthemselves to persons skilled in the art to which it appertains andstill be within the spirit and scope of my invention.

1 do not desire to confine this invention to the specific construction,combination, and arrangement of parts herein shown and described, andthe right is reserved to make all changes in and modifications of thesame as come within the spirit of this invention; but I do desire tosecure as my invention all features of construction and equivalentsthereof that come within the scope of my improvement as herein shown anddescribed, and illustrated upon the drawings appended hereto.

VVhat I do claim as my invention, and'desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

1. A holder for retaining fruit-wrapping papers in place while beingapplied to fruit, comprisinga body portion having perforations therein,aspring-operating forked presser one end thereof adapted to bereciprocated within one of the said perforations and the opposite end ofthe presser to press upon and retain the wrapping-papers in place untilthe same are applied to the fruit.

2. Aholder for fruit-wrapping papers, com: prising a body portion havinghorizontal perforations therein, means for securing the holder to asupport, the said body portion provided with a vertical perforation, aforked presser one end thereof adapted to be reciprocated within saidvertical perforation, the opposite end to retain wrapping-papers inplace until the same are applied to the fruit.

3. A holder for papers, comprising a body portion provided with devicesfor fastening the same to a support, the said body portion having across vertical perforation therein, a forked presser one end thereofadapted to be reciprocated within said perforation and the opposite endof said presser adapted to retain wrapping-papers for fruit in evenpiles or packages. I

4:. A holder for wrapping-papers, an elastically-operating forkedpresser adapted to be reciprocated within the body portion of theholder, a presser-foot carrying a needle, said presser foot elasticallyseated within the presser to retain wrapping-papers for fruit untilbeing applied to the same.

In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

KENTON COOPER.

Witnesses:

ANNA MORGAN, S. A. LAVENDER.

